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Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Regular Modern
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Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 相 represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | sjang | C.[s]aŋ | box (of a carriage) |
說文解字
《說文》：“箱，大車牝服也。从竹，相聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)